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Courtesy of Harker SchoolLocal Harker School seniors Steven Wang, left, and Rohith Kuditipudi earned finalist honors in the Intel Science Talent Search. The pair will join 40 other finalists in Washington, D.C., next month to compete for more than $1 million in prizes.

Two Harker School seniors, Rohith Kuditipudi of Los Altos and Steven Wang of Los Altos Hills, last month reached the finalist stage of the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search.

Kuditipudi and Wang join 40 other high school students from across the United States who will gather in Washington, D.C., in March for the final phase of the competition, with more than $1 million in cash prizes at stake.

Town Crier File Photo While serving as trustee on the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District Board for 33 years, Los Altos resident Judy Hannemann fulfilled a number of duties, including presenting diplomas to graduates in 2012.

After 33 years of service on the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District Board of Trustees, Los Altos resident Judy Hannemann is set to retire this month.

The high school board recognized Hannemann’s tenure at its Nov. 24 meeting and placed a bench named in her honor outside the district offices.

The Los Altos Courtyard by Marriott honored 13 local teachers at the inaugural Cares and Shares Award celebration Oct. 16.

The Cares and Shares program recognizes teachers for their hard work, creativity and ability to demonstrate innovation in curriculum creation. The teachers each received $1,000 to be used in the classroom.

The three Los Altos schools were among 24 California schools recognized by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

Courtesy of Cathy Fitzpatrick-Platt Los Altos Christian School teachers and staff recently accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge issued by a parent. Parents and middle-school students enthusiastically drenched the participants.

It’s been a cultural phenomenon – famous coaches, business tycoons and rock stars have joined college students, middle-aged moms and neighborhood friends in taking the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Ice Bucket Challenge, which has spread like wildfire on social media sites and reportedly raised more than $88 million since the end of July for the ALS Association.

Teachers and staff at Los Altos Christian School took it up a notch recently, when, meeting the challenge from Parent-Teacher Fellowship President Jennifer Walker, a team of 16 teachers and staff sat on lunch benches, in front of nearly 200 elementary and middle-school students, awaiting their ceremonial ice-water bath.

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